ASTAT560: Visiting Scholar Statistical Research Seminar in Applied Statistics. SP10.
This course brings distinguished academic statisticians to WU as part of an organized research seminar. Lacking a Statistics Department or Ph.D. program in statistics, the campus community can substantially benefit from internationally recognized scholars in the field who are willing to spend substantial time at the university. Selected statisticians will come to campus twice during the course. First, they will spend two days at the beginning of the semester to introduce a research topic in statistics and to assign a reading list of 8-12 technical papers, including some of their own authorship. Second, they will return to campus towards the end of semester for fur day for: two 2-hour seminars, a scholarly talk in the Center for Applied Statistics, and individual meeting time with seminar participants and other members of the university community. In-between these two visits, a faculty member in the Center for Applied Statistics will lecture and lead a discussion on each of these assigned papers as part of the weekly seminar meeting. The objective is to provide deep understanding of a complex technical topic through the use of experts in the field. PREREQUISITES: Math 439 or Political Science 581 or Biostat L24-439 or Econ 413, or approved equivalent. (Syllabus | Telesis)